2003 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Clarence Thomas

The table below lists all opinions filed by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2003 term of the Supreme Court of the United States, which lasted from October 6, 2003 until October 3, 2004. This was the thirteenth term of Thomas' tenure on the Court.
Clarence Thomas 2003 term statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 6 Concurrence 0 Other 9 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 27 Bench opinions = 27 Opinions relating to orders = 0 In-chambers opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions: 5 Most joined by: Scalia (14) Least joined by: Souter, Breyer (5)

Case	Issue	Joined by
Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez 540 U.S. 40 (2003)		Unanimous
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission 540 U.S. 93 (2003)	Campaign finance reform	Scalia (in part)
Groh v. Ramirez 540 U.S. 551 (2004)		Scalia; Rehnquist (in part)
General Dynamics Land System v. Cline 540 U.S. 581 (2004)		Kennedy
Olympic Airways v. Husain 540 U.S. 644 (2004)		Rehnquist, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg
Scalia filed a dissent.
Banks v. Dretke 540 U.S. 668 (2004)		Scalia
Locke v. Davey 540 U.S. 712 (2004)
Thomas filed one of two dissents from Rehnquist's 7-2 decision.
Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon 541 U.S. 1 (2004)
United States v. Galletti 541 U.S. 114 (2004)		Unanimous
BedRoc Ltd., LLC v. United States 541 U.S. 176 (2004)		Breyer
United States v. Lara 541 U.S. 193 (2004)
Household Credit Servs. v. Pfennig 541 U.S. 232 (2004)		Unanimous
Scarborough v. Principi 541 U.S. 401 (2004)		Scalia
Thomas dissented from Ginsburg's 7-2 decision.
Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood 541 U.S. 440 (2004)	Bankruptcy; Eleventh Amendment	Scalia
Thomas dissented from Rehnquist's 7-2 decision.
Till v. SCS Credit Corp. 541 U.S. 465 (2004)	Bankruptcy
Tennessee v. Lane 541 U.S. 509 (2004)	Americans with Disabilities Act; state sovereign immunity
Thomas filed one of three dissents from Stevens' 5-4 decision.
Sabri v. United States 541 U.S. 600 (2004)
DOT v. Pub. Citizen 541 U.S. 752 (2004)		Unanimous
Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow 542 U.S. 1 (2004)	Standing; Establishment Clause
Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders 542 U.S. 129 (2004)
Thomas was the sole dissenter from Ginsburg's 8-1 opinion.
Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila 542 U.S. 200 (2004)		Unanimous
Pliler v. Ford 542 U.S. 225 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy
Ginsburg and Breyer filed dissents.
Tennard v. Dretke 542 U.S. 274 (2004)
Thomas filed one of three dissents from O'Connor's 6-3 opinion.
Cheney v. United States District Court 542 U.S. 367 (2004)		Scalia
Beard v. Banks 542 U.S. 406 (2004)		Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy
Stevens and Souter filed dissents.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld 542 U.S. 547 (2004)	Due process, habeas corpus
Thomas dissented from the plurality's ruling that citizens of the U.S. designated as enemy combatants by the Executive Branch had the right to challenge their detention. Thomas, the only member of the Court to fully adopt the government's position, argued that the Court should defer to the broad war-making powers of the President, particularly in light of the important security interests at stake in the War on Terror.
United States v. Patane 542 U.S. 630 (2004)		Rehnquist, Scalia
Souter and Breyer filed dissents.

References

• "2003 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2003 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
• "2003 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Archived from the original on 2005-02-14. Retrieved 2010-07-07.